Aliens of London: Meeting the Doctor
by superherofan95
Summary: Take place during the Aliens of London episode with 9th Doctor. Everyone's favorite vamp Riley Stark is living in London with the Cullens after Tony and Pepper mysteriously disappear. She meets Mickey Smith who tells her all about the Doctor and Rose.
1. Chapter 1: The Meeting

**So, this is a new story I decided to come up with. Everyone remembers my OC Riley Stark, right? If not, then you need to read my Riley Stark story before you read this. Basically, this story takes place during the Aliens of London episode of Doctor Who with the 9th Doctor. Hope you readers like the story! -SHF95

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**Aliens of London: Meeting the Doctor **

**Chapter 1: The Meeting**

_**Missing: Rose Tyler**_

_**Age: 19**_

_**Hair Color: Blonde **_

_**Eye Color: Brown**_

_**Mid Height and weight**_

_**Last Seen: One year ago outside her and her mother's flat in South West London**_

_**If you have any information where Rose is, please contact Jackie Tyler. We miss our Rose terribly.**_

I sighed in dismay at the missing poster. Poor Jackie Tyler must be terribly heartbroken. I know what the feeling is like to lose someone. I lost my brother, Tony Stark, a year ago. And, yes, I'm Riley Stark, his younger sister. So, what am I doing in London when I should be back home in Malibu, California? Well, I've been relocated with some very good friends of mine. You could say that we're almost like a family. Anyway, so why have we been relocated? If I told you, you may never believe me, but then again, you wouldn't believe how a normal day like today became a day of history for us.

My "family" and I are vampires. There, I said it. You think it's crazy? Well, that's too bad because it's true. We can do all sorts of things: run impossibly fast, incredibly strong, we don't age, which is why we relocate every now and then, don't sleep, don't eat, don't breathe, although we do get a good sense of what's around us if we breathe, have heightened senses, hard to kill unless you tear us limb from limb and burn the pieces, some of us have unique abilities. I can read minds for example, my friend, Alice, can see the future, Jasper can control emotions, and my other friend, Edward, can also read minds. So far, I'm the youngest in the "family". I was fifteen when I was turned and I had my birthday in December. Carlisle's the oldest. He's over three hundred years old, but he looks like he's in his twenties. He's the vampire who turned me.

Last year, I had a terrible accident that I nearly died of blood loss from. So, for a dying wish, I asked him to turn me, and you know the rest. He and his family are teaching me how to survive on animal blood instead of human blood. Animal blood makes us strong, but not as strong as human blood, and it never completely satisfies us, so we have to hunt every time the irises in our eyes turn black. They turn gold if we've drank animal blood, and red if we drank human blood. Sunlight can't hurt us, but it reveals how we're different. Our skin shines like diamonds in the sunlight. During school when the weather's nice outside, we stay home and our excuse is that Carlisle and Esme are taking us backpacking. We've lived here in London since October and it's quite nice. Thankfully, I haven't picked up on the British accent. We have a pretty good decent sized home, and when I mean decent sized, I mean it's a huge house. Not large enough to be a mansion, but almost like one.

Anyway, back to where we were. I was walking about in downtown and I saw a missing person poster. Her name is Rose Tyler and she's been gone for a year. No one knows who took her and why. The city life of London buzzed in my ears and in my head. Thousands of thoughts filled my head giving me a slight headache. I walked down an alley to get the noise out of my head. _Edward always told me that there will be times where I have to go in public places to get used to the minds,_ I grimly thought, _Jeeze it sucks. At least the pain is going away, though._ Pain. I haven't felt actual pain in months. I haven't dreamt a dream or a nightmare in months either.

"Oi, love!" A drunk voice called out to me, "What's a pretty girl like you doin' here in the alley?" I turned and found a burly teen walking towards me with a group of friends behind him. _Ooh she's a beauty! I'd like to get my hands all over her._ Ugh, they have such sick minds. "How about you hang with us today? I've seen you around school."

"Thanks, but no thanks." I replied, "I'll pass."

"What's wrong, baby? Afraid that the teachers'll catch you for drinking? Well they can't do a damn about it because we're on summer holiday." He slurred at me. He was inches away from my face and his breath stunk of alcohol.

"Actually, I'm a bit queasy about being near ape jocks that have an I.Q of a fifth grader. And the sad thing is, they can't tell their left from their right." I smirked at them. The leader pulled a switchblade from his pocket and flipped it. He held the blade close to my throat.

"Do you want to say that on more time?" He threatened.

"Do you want to know something?" I replied in a soft dangerous voice. He stopped and kept his eyes on me. I let a low deep rumbling growl between my teeth. I fixed my eyes on him and watched as they widened in horror. I pulled the blade from his hands and snapped it in two like a toothpick and tossed them aside. "Run." I smiled dangerously. He backed up with great panic and ran away screaming.

"Go, go, go, go!" His group followed pursuit. I watched as they ran away yelling their heads off and began chuckling in amusement. Now, normally I don't do that. But today, I was already in a pissed off mood, so there's an exception to that. Plus, they were drunk and they wouldn't remember what happened. I turned and headed to the café that was on the corner three blocks away from here. Ah, I could already hear what Edward would say to me if he were here.

_Riley, you're such a risk taker. You could have blown our cover for doing that! Yes, they were drunk and won't remember what happened, but still! That was really stupid to do._

Oh yeah, that would be something he would say. Emmett would probably be the only one who would laugh about it. I held my breath as the fire in my throat flamed up. The Thirst was reminding me to go hunting later. I opened the door the café and walked in to a table. I sat down and waited for a few minutes.

Riley Stark?" A male voice asked me.

"Yeah, that's me." I replied while looking up. A dark skinned male about twenty-one years old stood at my booth.

"I'm Mickey Smith. I sent you the link through an email about a man." He addressed himself.

"Oh, hi, it's good to meet you in person." I stood up and shook his hand, "Care for a seat?" I nodded once towards the booth.

"Sure thing." He replied. He slid in on one side and I on the other. "Did you get a chance to take a look at the website I sent you?"

"Yeah I did. I recognize the man in the photo." I said, "Are you sure he took Rose?"

"I'm positive he did." Mickey replied, "So, where have you see him?"

"He was a sub for a day in school before we got out for the summer." I replied, "I need to know something though."

"What's that?"

"Is it really true about him? As far as I know, you could be lying about this." I gazed at him. He shifted uncomfortably in the seat.

"It's true. He has a ship that looks like a blue box. It says "police public call box" on the outside. If you go inside, it's bigger. And somehow, it can move from place to place." Mickey explained with confidence, "Remember those shop dummies last year?" I nodded. "They were being controlled by this giant vat of living plastic that was underneath the Eye."

"Why would it be under there?"

"It needed to use the Eye to transmit the signal to control anything that was plastic to take over the world because according to the Doctor, our planet was perfect for them." Mickey explained again.

"And this Doctor, how did he take care of this mess because obviously, there aren't any running around like headless chickens."

Mickey chuckled at the thought. "He destroyed the controller and it cut off the signal stopping all of the window shop dummies." We sat there for an hour or more continuing about this man, this mysterious man who is called "the Doctor". I had to leave quickly to get back home. "It was nice meeting you, Riley."

"You too, Mickey." I said as I walked out, but I stopped and turned to him, "Good luck with finding Rose. If I see anything, I'll tell you." I turned and left him in the café and walked down the sidewalk. Suddenly, a very strange noise reached my ears. At the very least, it was a mile away.

"So, Doctor, how long have we been gone for?" A female voice asked.

"Twelve hours." A male voice replied.

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	2. Chapter 2: The Doctor

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**Chapter 2: The Doctor**

"So what am I going to tell my mum what I've been doing for twelve hours? Been five billion years into the future and two hundred years in the past and met Charles Dickens?" The female voice asked. That had to be Rose. The male voice began to laugh. That had to be the Doctor.

"I don't know what you're going to do." He replied.

"I'll just tell her I've been with my mate Sharine." She replied. I heard her walking away from him. I walked to an alley that could lead all the way down to where Rose and the Doctor were at without crossing any traffic. I did a 360 check around me to make sure that no one was looking and took off running with a soft swoosh. Buildings passed me in blurs of gray, black, red, brown, and white. Noise was meshed together making it indistinguishable. For an average vampire, it would take about a minute to get to somewhere that was a mile away. For a vampire like me, and Edward, it took thirty seconds. Even though it was cut short, I enjoyed the run. It's one of the best feelings in the world when a vampire runs.

In the distance, I could see a huge paved lot surrounded by buildings that contained hundreds of flats. In the middle of the lot, was a _blue box_. _Oh my god_, I thought, _it's real. I know I can hear them talking, but I have to see it to believe it._ I stopped behind a large pillar and watched. Rose was walking towards one of the buildings while the Doctor was walking to a pole where signs are posted. I ran up silently as ever behind him. Not too close, but just a few feet away. He stood at the pole reading the signs.

"Excuse me," I cleared my throat. The Doctor turned around.

"Yes, can I help you?" He asked. He had blue eyes, short brown hair, wore black pants, black shoes, maroon shirt, and a black leather jacket.

"Are you the Doctor?" I asked slightly nervous. _Come on Riley. You've performed in front of thousands of fans at concerts, battled a psycho man who was your father's friend who wanted to take over your brother's company and kill the both of you, and battled three rouge vampires to save Malibu. Now I'm sure you can simply ask a man if he's the Doctor,_ I pep talked myself.

"No, I'm afraid I'm not. I don't know who you're talking about." He replied. _How does she know_, He thought with fear.

"I'm sorry I asked." I apologized, "I thought you looked like someone I knew. Sorry for wasting your time, Sir." I turned away grinning in victory while my back was turned. I left him standing there in wonder. _3…2…1…_, I thought.

"Wait." He called out. I stopped and turned around.

"Yeah?" I asked putting on an act.

"How do you know who I am?" The Doctor asked.

"Mickey Smith told me about you because I've seen you before." I replied.

"How have I seen you before?"

"You were subbing at my school in my lit class." I jogged his memory. I waited a few moments for it to hit him.

"_Oh!_" He realized and I nodded, "I remember you! You're Riley Stark! You were the girl in the classroom. You're the one with the gold eyes. I figured it out now! You, Ms. Riley Stark, are a vampire." I ran up to him in a blink of an eye. _He didn't even flinch_!

"And how do you know that?" I asked it now being my turn to ask the questions.

"I've been getting readings from my TARDIS." He explained, "Something besides aliens are living in London, and it's you lot."

"So what do you know about us?"

"Everything, it's fantastic." He grinned, "Although, I don't know what your unique ability is."

"I can read minds." I replied.

"So, you could hear," He asked. I nodded. "Wow." He softly said.

"So what are you looking at?" I asked changing the subject.

"Just posters." The Doctor replied and turned to read them, "Oh no, there's someone missing."

"Someone _was_ missing." I muttered inaudibly. His eyes went wide when he saw the name.

"We weren't gone twelve hours." He breathed, "We were gone twelve months." Suddenly he took off in the direction Rose went, "What are you standing there for, Riley? Come on!"

"Um…okay?" I was surprised, but I followed him. He ran up flights of stairs without stopping for a break. Jeeze, he must be in a hurry for something. The Doctor stopped in front of a door and began knocking.

"Rose, we weren't gone for twelve hours we've been gone for twelve months!" The Doctor shouted. The door opened revealing a woman in a bathrobe standing there. "Oh… um…hello, Jackie." Jackie was very furious and she didn't even bother covering her expression up. She stood aside to let him in anyway and I followed.

"Doctor, what are you doing here?" Rose asked, "And who is she?" She stared at me.

"Rose, we weren't gone for twelve hours we were gone for twelve hours." He explained, "And this is Riley Stark. We know each other."

"How so?"

"He was subbing a class I had during school this year." I replied, "And Mickey told me all about you and him because there was a picture on his site he had and I recognized him."

"When you say 'Riley Stark', do you mean you're related to Tony Stark?" Rose asked. I replied with a nod. "Oh my god! It's an honor to meet you! What are you doing here in London?"

"I'm living with some family friends." I replied. Jackie interrupted us by clearing her throat.

"I would love to continue this conversation, but where the hell have you been, Rose?!" Jackie burst into a scolding, "You could have called to let me know that you're alive!"

"I was traveling, Mum."

"Oh and how could you do that? Your passport's still in your drawer!" She yelled, "And you," She faced the Doctor, "Who are you?! How do you know Rose? Are you one of those perverts online? How old are you? Forty or forty-five?" The Doctor stood there stunned random words bubbling out of his mouth. "Stay away from my daughter." Jackie slapped him open palmed right on his cheek.

"Ow!" The Doctor cried out in pain. He rubbed his cheek vigorously trying to ease the pain.

_Serves him right,_ Jackie darkly thought, _He deserves it for stealing my daughter!_ I stood there in silence.

"Um, I'm sorry you had to see all of this, um what was your name again?" Rose apologized quietly.

"Riley." I answered.

"Riley, right, she's never like this. I've never seen her slap anyone before." Rose said quietly. She was a little red in the face from embarrassment. Jackie stormed away from the scene. "How about we go outside for some air?" Rose suggested. The Doctor and I nodded in agreement. She led the way to the roof of the building still a bit red in the face.


	3. Chapter 3: Crashes

**Chapter 3: Crashes**

We sat on the roof for awhile until Jackie called the police to let them know that she found Rose. Obviously, they came to question Rose about where she was. It took awhile, but once we were done, we went back to sitting on the roof.

"Never in my nine hundred years have I ever been slapped." The Doctor recalled.

"You acted so gay to that." Rose and I chuckled, "When you say nine hundred, what do you mean by that?"

"I mean that I'm nine hundred years old." He explained. I let out a low whistle.

"You're nine hundred years old?" Rose was astonished. He nodded a 'yep'. "Wow that is quite an age. My mum would have a fuss about it."

"Oh she would." The Doctor smiled.

"So, Riley, I have to ask you a few questions." Rose asked.

"Fire away." I replied.

"How come you're so pale and your eyes are gold?"

"Ask your friend. He knows what I am."

"You mean you're not human? Are you an alien like the Doctor?"

"No, I'm not even close to being an alien." I grinned, "But are you sure you want to know what I am? You may find it a little shocking to you."

"I want to know."

"Alright, Rose Tyler, I'm a vampire." I blew it out. She stared at me.

"Get out. There's no way you are. You could be just a person who drinks blood and tells everyone that you're a vampire." Rose scoffed, "Doctor, she's kidding right?"

"Nope, she's not pulling your leg, Rose." The Doctor said, "She really is one."

"Prove it then." Rose demanded.

"Well, what do you want me to do?" I asked.

"How fast can you run? Vampires are fast."

"Just watch. And don't blink or you'll miss it." I grinned. I stood up and walked to one side of the roof. With a soft swoosh I took off with great speed to the other end of the roof next to Rose. She jumped in shock.

"How'd you do that?" Rose asked with glee.

"It's natural for us." I replied. Then I ran behind her. "Over here, Rose." I went the opposite direction and was above her on a ledge. "I'm up here." I then ran next to the Doctor. "Try over here." Rose began to giggle with astonishment.

"How strong are you?"

"Very." I replied. I found a steel pole and easily bent it into a knot. I held it out to her to show her that it was really steel. "And, I can read minds. Not all of us can because it's a unique ability."

"Okay, so what am I thinking about?" Rose asked. _How are you able to be out in daylight? Don't you burn,_ She thought.

"No we don't burn in the sunlight. Our skin shines in sunlight. We don't sleep, eat, breathe, we have heightened senses, don't age, and we're hard to kill." I proved. "And, yes, we do growl, snarl, and roar a lot."

"Can I hear it?"

"Promise you won't freak and jump off the building?" I asked and she nodded. I took a breath and let a snarl rip through me. "Our eyes change color because of what type of blood we drink. Not like AB blood or O blood. If we drink human blood, our eyes turn red and it's impossible to break out of the frenzy that we snap into. If we drink animal blood, our eyes turn gold and it's easier on the humans. Either way, they turn black and we have a bruised appearance under our eyes when we haven't hunted in awhile. And, our teeth are coated with venom so if we hunt something, the animal or whatever it is, is put out of its misery quickly. Or, if we keep the venom in a human, they'll be changed, but it's painful."

"How were you changed?" The Doctor asked.

"Last year, I was in a car accident. I was dying from a large amount of blood loss. The doctor who was taking care of me is a friend of mine and he is a vampire. My dying wish was for him to turn me, and so he did." I bitterly explained, "It's like the worst fire you can ever imagine running through your veins when you're changing from a human to a vampire. It's painful, very painful."

We sat in silence for a few minutes. I sat around staring off into space listening to my surroundings. There was a steady noise of an engine sputtering, dying out. But this wasn't a car engine. No, no it was something else, something really big. Suddenly, a dark and large shadow covered the roof of the building and it blocked out the light illuminated from the gray sky. "Duck!" The Doctor roared pulling us down to the ground. A loud noise emitted from above and we saw just in time that we would have been hit.

A large spaceship was smoking from the back and was falling down towards the center of London. With a very loud crash, it smashed into the side of Big Ben and landed in the Thames. "What the hell was that?" Rose's eyes widened.

"Something alien." The Doctor grinned, "Come on let's see if we can't get any closer." He took off down the stairs so suddenly, Rose and I didn't even notice. "Riley Stark, you move too slowly!" He grinned.

"Well excuse me, but unlike other people, I have to blend in with the crowd. And I manage to stay unnoticed." I replied back with a smirk. We reached close to the center of London, but that must've been a mile away. "Dang, they really closed it off. How far is it from the crash site?"

"That's about a good mile away from here." Rose noticed, "How are we going to get there? Can we use the TARDIS?"

"No, I don't think we can." The Doctor replied, "Everyone's already focused on something and they'll definitely see the TARDIS appear out of nowhere. It's no use. Unless if Riley can find a way to get over there." I did a brief surveillance with my hearing.

"There's no way I can. There are too many people surrounding the place." I grimaced.

"Then I guess we'll have to wait until dusk." The Doctor replied. He motioned us to follow him back to the flat.

So many people had gathered at Rose and Jackie's flat while we were gone. The TV was turned on to the news channel that was covering the crash. So much noise was filling my ears and my head. The Doctor noticed me standing in the corner.

"You alright, Riley?" He looked a bit uneasy.

"I'll be fine." I assured him, "There's just a whole bunch of thoughts and conversations going on. I can only bear so much right now." I did my best to focus on the sounds coming from the TV.

_Rose is such a naughty girl being gone for a year._

_ She should be ashamed of herself for putting her mother in such a worried state._

_ This is unbelievable! Something crashed into Big Ben!_

_ Who are that man and that girl over there in the corner? Do they know Jackie and Rose? Well, maybe they are friends of Rose. She does hang out with the odd people._

"People are making such rude comments about us." I spoke softly so that only the Doctor could hear.

"Really, what are they saying?" He was curious.

"That we're odd." I smirked.

"I'm not odd. I don't know if you're odd."

"Speak for yourself the man with two hearts and a sonic screw driver." I chuckled.

"Well, right back at you the immortal teen who is a vampire that can read minds." He replied with a smile.

Later that evening, the time was close for us to leave to go investigate. "That bad you want to see it?" I gaped at him.

"What?" He asked, "I can't help it. I get too excited when there's extraterrestrial in town." He walked over to Rose, "We'll be right back. Riley needs to go hunting."

"Okay. I'll be sitting here in prison." Rose replied.

"I'm sorry you have to suffer." I apologized.

"No worries. Hunt a beastly animal in my name." Rose waved it off. I smiled as I exited the flat, "Will do." The Doctor was waiting outside for me.

"Come on." He anxiously said. Clearly, the suspense was killing him.

"Alright, I'm coming. Jeeze." I replied. Then with the familiar soft _swoosh_, I took off running down the stairs and outside in front of the TARDIS. The Doctor gaped at me from the balcony of the flat. "Well, come on then!" I grinned at him.

"Oh you just love to have a good laugh, don't you?" I heard him chuckle. I waited for a few minutes for him to get down here until he finally emerged from the building.

"Took you long enough." I smirked at him.

"Oh shut it you or I'm taking you back to where you live." He said as he approached the doors of the TARIDS. He pulled a key out and unlocked the doors. He pushed them open and held an arm out. "Well, care to see the inside?"

"Yeah I want to see." I said with excitement. I stepped inside the mysterious TARDIS wondering what the unknowns it contained looked like. Once I stepped inside, I felt my jaw drop. "Oh. My. God!" I examined the room. It was a huge console room with the console of the TARIDS in the middle. A metal staircase led off to other rooms in the TARIDS. "No way, it's bigger on the inside!" I ran outside and scanned all around it. No trace of the larger room inside was outside. I ran back inside and found him at the console. "All of that room is crammed in there. How does it do that?" I asked him.

"If I told you that, then it would take the fun out of it." He replied, "Now, let's get going." He hurried to the doors and closed them and ran back to the console and began flipping switches and turning knobs. He kept his hand on a lever that looked like a brake. "Ready?"

"Do it." I grinned with excitement.

"Hold on." The Doctor replied. He pulled down the lever and we were thrown back and forth against the console for a minute. With a final grind, we stopped with a dull thud. "Come on." He nodded in the direction of the doors with his head. He opened the door and stepped out. He signaled me with his hand to follow.

Many things were surrounding us. "Sorry for the tight squeeze." He apologized. He motioned me to follow him to a hallway. Then, I began to hear many thoughts from many men.

"Wait." I whispered holding him back from one of the entrances.

"What?" He mouthed. I tapped the side of my head and pointed to the direction of the entrance. _Oh,_ He realized, _well, it's a good thing you can read minds. So, that way is blocked off. Let's try the other way._ He turned the knob on the door, but it wouldn't move. So, he pulled out his sonic screwdriver and aimed it at the lock. "Oi, you." He flustered at its loud whirring noise. Within a moment, a click was heard and the door opened. I followed him down a long, dark hallway. There were many doors on both sides, but the Doctor couldn't find the right one.

Suddenly, a woman's scream was so horrifying; it made both of our blood curl. Well, if I had any blood left in me. Not animal blood, but well, you get the idea. We followed the scream and ran into the guards. "You want an alien? There's one this way!" He shouted, "Move, move, move! Riley, lead the way! And the rest of you, surround every escape route!" We did what we were instructed and I found where the screaming woman was at.

She was a Japanese wearing glasses and she was sitting on the ground shaking. I rushed to her side trying to calm her down.

"Hey, hey, hey," I began to sooth her, "it's going to be alright."

"It's alive." She whispered hoarsely with wide eyes, "I thought it was dead, but I was wrong."

"It's going to be okay. I have a friend here who can help." I assured her with a look of warmth from my eyes, "What's your name?

"Toshiko Sato." She replied shakily.

"Toshiko." I repeated the name, liking the sound of it, "That's a nice name. My name's Riley. I have a friend called the Doctor and he's going to help you. Just show me where it's at." She pointed in the direction of the other side of a large metal table. "Okay, so it's still in here." I began to walk slowly towards the creature as silently as I could. "Come on. It's okay, I won't hurt you." I spoke in a soft voice, "I promise." A loud bang made us jump and the creature squealed very loudly and took off in the opposite direction. Toshiko let out another scream. The alien was a _pig_. Not an alien pig, but it was just a regular pig. It began to run to the door that was opened by the Doctor and flew past him.

"WHOA!" He yelped, "Don't hurt it! It's just scared!" He took off after it and I followed him. The pig ran down a corridor where guards were blocking the other end. One soldier raised a gun and fired it at the pig. It nailed him directly in the head and with a final shrieking squeal from the pig, it collapsed on the floor and died. "What'd you shoot it for? It was scared. It was just scared." The Doctor picked the body up and brought it back to the room.

"What is it?" Toshiko asked.

"It's a pig. Not an alien pig, but just your average farm pig. Someone opened up its mind and stuck it in the spaceship that crashed into the Thames." He replied.

"Why would any alien do that?" I asked.

"Because maybe they're hiding something." He answered.

"So, aliens could probably be here in London already?" Toshiko asked.

"Yes, and we're going to have to be ready for that." The Doctor grimly replied, "Come on, Riley. We need to get back to Rose." I nodded and followed him out back to the TARDIS. We left Toshiko stunned at our mysterious appearance and answers to her questions. The Doctor unlocked the door and I walked in while he followed behind. He pushed some buttons, turned a few knobs, and pulled some levers down. The TARDIS took off with the familiar wonderful sound filling my ears. Surely, Toshiko would notice the noise and come investigate. Only to find out that her rescuers have mysteriously disappear.


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